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The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07
THREE NEW CRUISERS.
Lieutenant Hughes. u. S. N, IN the
American Magazine.

Lieutenant Hughes, U. S. N, in the
American Magazine.
The Baltimore. the largest OF the
cruisers. will be $50 feet long, So feet
wide, with a draught of 10 feet
inches of water and a displacement OF
4,413 tons. She will carry crew of
800 men. The engines will be of the
tripple-expansion compound type de-
veloping 1900 horse cpOwer with !
natural draft and 10, 800 horse power
! with forced combustion. The ship will
have twin propellers, and is expected
to attain speed of nineteen and
half knots per hour. Her coal carry
ing capacity will be 600 tons, but pro-
vision can be made in case of neces-
sitv for 900 tons-an amount sufficient
for a passage of $500 miles at eleven
knots or $4,000 miles at eighteen knots
per hour.
The armament consists OF four eight
inch and six six-inch breech-loadlng
steel rifles. eight single shot and two
revolving Hotchkiss cannon, one Cat
ling gun and five launching tubes for
discharging torpedoes.
The Newark will be twin screw yes
sci of 4 .0S3 tons displacement, $40 feet
long, 40 feet Il inches wide, with a
draueht of IS feet 8 inches OF water.
The vessel will be provided with auxil'
larry sail power. the rig being that OF a
bark, andIwill carry complement o.
i 800 men. She is expected to develoE
| 5000 horse power with natural draft
or $500 horse power with forced draft
and to attain speed of eighteen knots
= per hour. The battery will consist 0
= twelve six-inch breech-loading stee
f rifles, six revolving and two single sho
q Hotchkiss cannon, one Calling gun am
1t six launching tubes for dischargin
;, torpedoes.
q The Charleston will be practically
If duplicate of ship recently built l
England for the government OF Japal
+ the Naniwa-Kan, which has proved
II be the fastest vessel of her class IN tt
y world. This ship is 800 feet long,
n n feet wide, with an average draft OF
~ feet 6 inches of water and a displac
"a "a ment of 1850 tons. The compleme
N of men is 325. Her coal carrying C
ii pacity is sufficient for voyage
of $500 miles at ten knots per hour,
II 900 miles at eighteen knots.
err The armament consists of two te
ut inch breech-loading steel rifles, car
he BILE of piercing twenty inches OF so
mt wrought iron armor; six six-inch ST
IN rifles, number of Calling guns a
III five launching tubes for torpedoes.
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Cows and What They Give Us.

Our American dairy interests are
startlingly enormous. They represent
an investment Of nearly five times as
much as the entire bank capital OF the
country-that is to say, the bank cap
ital is a little less than $671,OOO'OOO'
while the dairy interests amount 10
more than $4,000, 100000
. OF course our readers can not sWal-
low such frightful figures in lump,and
we will therefore arrange them III sew
eral smaller but still heroic doses.
The number of milch COWS IS estIma-
ted at p, 100000 They give each an
average Of $50 gallons of milk annual
". This would make an aggregate
milk production of 1850, 900, 900 gal
Ions. q miniature ocean, q talr-Slzeu
NIAGARA. Four thousand million gal
Ions are used for butter, 7,O0,OOO,OOO
for cheese and the remaining 2,46O,-
100000 pass through the adulteratIn$
hands Of the mlkman and grocer ana
down the threats of 60,O0O,OOO men
women and babies in this land OF free
dom.
The quantity of butter manufacturer
| and used is about |, $50, 900, 900 pounds
and Of cheese $500, 900 pounds. The
value of our dairy products for thu
last twelve months was nearly S5OO'
| 600. 900. This is $4,000, 900 more thai
| the value of our annual wheat yield
while it closely approXimates that Q
our corn crop, which is the most val
liable of our farm products.
To support this immense dairy her'
100000, 600 acres Of pasture lana al
required, worth =, 10000, IL
easy enough to see, therefore, that tn
1000. 600 farmers in this country al
an important element of our nationf
welfare and prosperity.-N l. Hera''
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When observed IN one o. the rsae @ g. y.
- is indicative o. bile in ;he 81 Oh DO
----...,sif 10 welIrw when be or ste eat e1
fflif tina hue % health on cheek aIo ~ IL =
through the aid % Hostetters StoLEss s5 80.
elsv~r. g.si~st +.k9a refuge IL fight " @f91
"a : ns.sle. nan sea. sick h@@Gac9@. a.
nnser the right rtbs and shou,dsr b.a1s e. -
45~s-7s .rfsn rhfz benign Alternative . 1&2 &
-. rc. iike 81 Potent eathartle. areEet
thA tute-tiues or. Ike n,sFeu!iat rsF "a. =
80. Ef--s-w Sc ere stomach mnt hoWe4~ 81"
e.rrg.r..s.-f faness ard regulated ~ fhi~ -
fsrrtfs- medicine. whHeh ase soEl .s+e - H..
.s.es@ sssaarfsoFs on Ste behalf tut "
- ssgersfssanfy az The claims made fos ].
with It, Performance Ia ever L7A"a4~
e. hen tested.
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Did YOU know there are no poor
men around Us these weeks" said
southern fisherman this morning.
Almost every house within ten miles
Of Boothbay, although they're not eX-
actlv upholstered, still there is plenty
of rood bcefsteak. and plenty OF com,
fort. too. Most of the people around
here made their money sailing the
roaring deep, fishing and navigating.
| know of an old fellow who lives
about five miles from Squirrel Island
IN 4 handsome $4,000 property that
hc scoopcd in on double voyage
about fifty years ago, lie built snip l-p
IN Ninucgance at a cost Of 100000,
and jill paid for herself on the first
trn. That's the way these ancient
dogs round Squirrel Island used e
make their pile. Squire! 1s.1"1
| (Mc.) SqH5d
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Social Pushers.

Saws a Boston letter to the Provi- |
dence Journal: That the most humil- |
iatino feature of modern society is to |
be found in the articles Of those who
wish to 'sget on" in the fashionable
world has often enough been remarked,
vet there is still room for amaZement
at the ingenuity Of the devices to which
snobs Will resort. We have had
good many weddings recently in the
neichborhood Of Boston, and among
other brides of high social position has
been Miss X, whose family is rather
noted for its eXclusiveness. When the
| invitations for the wedding were sent
out Mrs. A., woman who is really
| devoured by social ambition, was not
included in the list of guests. She had
met Mrs, X, and had somewhat over
stepped the strict prOprieties of ETH
| nuptte in the manner in which she had
| called upon the exclusive lady. Now,
She was doubtless much chagrincd at
NOT receiving q card for the wedding
which was to be very large one, but
she was by no means ready to abandon
the field. On the day after the invita-
tons went out, Mrs. A. sent Miss \. n
valuable and well-selected piece Of
plate as a wedding gift. Miss X, in
the privacy Of select circle OF mt,
mate friends. declared that she would
not have tho present. 1t was urged
upon her that she certainly could not
return it.
but | will not acknowledge it!' she
declared angrily.
but then, my dear" her mother
} said, you will be putting yourself in
| the wrong. You can not be rude, and
} especially to a nobody like Mrs. A."
; u don't care" persisted the daugh
! ter, Il will not invite her anyway
This is my wedding, and Twill have
Q whom | please. She can't buy an in
vitation with her trumpcry old pres
! emit"
But. of course, in the end Mrs. A
" was invited, and she appeared at tn
= wedding with the air of being the mos
r intimate friend of the family.
z: amused those who knew the story, bu
d Mrs. A. is clever enough to make tn
fact that she was there tell for goo
Is deal in her struggle up the socla
= heights.
v A still more amazing trick was II
le sorted to by a Boston lady last Wlnte
q to Get to reception where she Wishe
i to appear. She wrote to the hostess
- to whom she had never even been pr
y sented, that she had n lady high
- Washington society staying with he
IS and that it was so much the custom
ID Washington to attend receptions UNI
es yited that her friend had seen no II
ne propriety in telling some acquaintanc
to that she would meet them at this gat
m ering. The note went on to say that
So hostess the writer was put in SO aW
g. ward a position that she had venture
&c to Law the case before the lady GlYll
q the entertainment, hoping that S
bo would be willing to send cards to he
- self and the stranger. On this ocC
sion the scheme was a failure. L
note was answered merely by form
MS regret that, the list of guests havi
I'm been made up before the receipt
w. MISS note, it was impossible
he comply with her request. The Ia
,as from Washington probably never kn
~ of the use made Of her name. At lie
1 ho she did not present herself at the
- reception.
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OBLIGED to Be Abstemious.

New York sun: Stranger ne
said Is he rendered his pocket pistol
..ioin me in drink. You'll find that
the real old stuff
Thanks, no liquor" was inc re-
-? ..Well, will you smoke a cigar?"
Not any cigar ,,
An old gentleman who had observed
III This prasped the stranger warmly
by the hand. -. =; /,
IL j. scc 4 Young man like You turn
a! 80 from such vile destroyers' !. !,
Yes, sir" the young man repI.g ;,1
.voa see, I'm prize fighter ~ tram
mo and Tve'got to 60 slow
The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-09-07

Ever since the time If George Wash
inrt0n Howard Fox has been United
States consul ut Falmouth England
The present occupant Of the position
was commissioned by President Grant
IN 1874 The Fox family j. English
and they cling to the Office with true
Rritf-h cauErryati>m. There i no
salary attached t. the position ana .r ti'''
fees are about 40 annually Ae
consul always spends more than that
! entertaining Americans.
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Always Tell Mother.

There is something that tugs at ones
heart in the last words Of the young
woman IN Sacramento who SHOT Pat
terson and then committed suicide
with morphine After being long In
stupor she rallied moment and sand
to the attendant: please don't tell
mother 1t was the final illumination
Of a path that was ending in gloom
and disgrace. Made the victim OF
hcartless selGshness by the man she
had killed. and going II her final ac-
count furnished and forlorn, sne was
after All, the victim of not telling
mother There Is no way OF est.nat-
inc the sorrow and sin and suffering
Hat would be avoe1cd if the confidence
Of children continued through life Ia
pm TO their mothers. Over the graFe
81 this cirl. dead untimely by her Own
| hand. On which was the blood 81 AN
other. might be Inscribed the epltaph
Died in her youth. hcarthroken' ass
hoaorpd, slayer. selt-slain, 9eca .~'
she would not tell mother --oaf
| francisco Aka.
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.+o,,ies Of examinations those those
lpong stol popular with the students
II toI ssTs the 81 Jan'e a. oi Edinburrh.
ne tEo ca e the first an examiner had
secordins a u obnoxious by warning
s,de hirlseli cainst putting their hats
) hi IL, d eespital i remarkable 10 for a
Scottish G. G p oIoak-rooms, and in the ex-
.rsrcity q Il o a.yTamination hats are, or
sitenent q eA anno down anywhere.
@sd 70 , %, announced one day that
Dbl s szsaand another hat On his desk ne
dbe foanG: !. nm n. Next day no hats
rould T Il t Il rF when the students as
we're Lag pre- Presently, however, the ex-
senDlea w.s called out Of the room.
sniner W. VIZ naughty undergraduate
lbsn "a from from his seat, got the exam So11l
sipPeaa 81 TAI and placed it on the desk !;
ilsrs I liz examiner reentered the hall
Fhen ~ vas fixed on him. He OBJ
eysF sd Z The hat and CLEAN q trump Pa
~. . across his face; Gen ,i5 6n,n ~
sad, ao m, again" Then he took
i thls og pnife from his pocket, opened
b BIZ l Pgp dandy cut the hat il pieces
i, d. ar land and and prolonged applause
a q II Ip cav that there were other eX-
lhe1 y 4 thc room at the time who
' lsn5 have II warned him had they
chosen. - illustrates the fact
!, A I. M student may sometimes be
lIla' n NJ for his examiner. Soon at-
~ ~ lhaS examination opened he wa'
VI sa ~ looking round him stealthIly
ODs 4 in,aditating guile. From the othel
Y u / 4 TT the hall tile examiners watched
"a 4 50 did number Of stu
l lnnts u He took handkerchief from
U asn nocket and spread it over his knee
Fsarv few minutes he lifted up tn
hh' ma and looked beneath it
M 4. tbep wrote with renewed vigor
4 1n soor,ed 4 clear case Of copying s.
u II ' setive examiner p0unced upon him
NH n Nh stndent whisked the handkerchie
II; I'D his pocket. "Come, Mr..
ID. I'M the examiner, II must see you
EI+anakerchief." "Certainly, Sin" sal
III I student, blandly, showing it t
Sm, Then the pocket was searched
rith no result. The student began
arin and then the other competitor:
mi then the other examiners folloWe
nit. Obviously it was 2 practic'
;oke though at the time no one u
sprstood how practical. The cres
fallen examiner returned to his DIES
and soon afterward the student took
email book from his pocket, spread
onen On his knee, and seemed to I
snme his old tactics. The fear OF b
nv asold again" kept the examine
from interfering this time; but Wht
thew looked at his paper subsequent
II Mas seen that his answers had con
from 'scrib." Whether his ingenul
sTailed him in the end | can not ga
A better story, in the opinion Of eXal
mers, is one Of u student who made
miniature crib for himself, meaning
smuggle it up his sleeve into the {
amination-room. He forgot it, no
ever, and his mother, finding it in
room, hurried to the university WI
tand sent it by a messenger to I
Examiner, asking him to give it
once to her son, as she knew it y
something very important.
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That vcu cannot afford to neglect that
catarrll Don't you know that 1t NAV lead
to consumption, 10 insanity. to deAthl Bout
ycu know that it can be easily curedi Don't
you know that while the thousand AID one
nostruIns ycu have tlird have utterly failed
that DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is . certain
curel II has stood the test Of years, and
there are hundreds OF thousands Il grateful
men and women in all parts Of the country
who can testify to Its efficacy. All druggists.
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When 7 young man asks 4 young
woman what piece If music she likes
Cest, and She confesses. with 1 Shy
nl that she has fond preference for
Men!delssohn's wedding March, \ il
H H llme for that young man I'd do some
Ihing that will make him sorry that he
Elucakf0n.
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Would Sit inn.

Town Topics: Guest-I rang for
some ice cream. Send me up 500
worth.
Waiter-But, sir. nobody can eat
$100 worth of ice cream.
Guest-Who said l was going to eat
it? I'm going to put it in the bath
tub and sit in it.
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Selecting a Cow.

A model useful dairy COW may be
known at a glance by an expert She
has fine, long head, broad between
the ewes, and thin, wide muzzie; the
ewes are large, and of a mild express
sion; the neck is thin and long; the
ears are thin and covered within with
\ deep yellow skin; the fOrequarters
are T1ht and thin, and the whole body
has much the shape of a wedge: lii
creasing in size to the rear; the legs
are thin with fine bones; the belly IS
LARGE and deep, with great capacity
for food; the back is broad and
straight. and the ribs are well rounded
towards the rear; the bones OF the
rump are we'll apart; the tail is long ana
thin: the thighs are thin and are set
widely apart; the udder is large ana
full. especially behind; the teats are
Of GOOD size, and set far apart upon a
broad. level udder, and the milk-yeln'
so-called, which is the large vein lead
inc from the udder and passing into
the abdomen. and which is an indlca
ton of the amount OF blood circulating
| through the milk glands. and contrib
uting TO the milk secretion, should b'
full and tortuous i'll its short course
A fine horn, deep, yellow skin, an'
a general elegance of form, wlthou
anv heaviness or beetiness in any part
are also important indications of goo'
quality in cow for the dairy.-Aner'
can AgriculturiSt.
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A leading real estate agent and priv
ate banker, Mr.. Ira Brown Chicago
ILL.,, writes: Il feel il my duty to say
of St. Jacobs Oil that | lay on my back
three months with rheumatism. ! tried
it. was cured, and have never been
troubled since" Permanent cure.
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two ladies' who had not seen each othe

Two ladies who had not seen each other
for years recently met In the street. They
recognize each other after q tine, and their
reeognition was cordial $50 delighted 70
see you again. Why vou are scarcely a.
tered.m $50 glad, and how little changed
YOU are. Why. how long Is 1t since we meiln
"About ten years" And why have Jon
never been to SEE met" my dear, just loek
at the weather we have had.n
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They win No, poI,.

These who once take DR.. Pierce's ssPlcasant
Purgative Pellets" viii never consent . use
any other cathsrtie. They are pleasant 70
take and mild in their operation. Smaller
than ordinary pills and Enclosed In glass
walls; virtues unimpaired. BV druggists.
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in lifting ne of her pillows, Mrs Emma
Gephart, of Tuscola, III. when about to retire,
discovered large blue racer.
Where Is my boy or where Is my gtrl -
uightl should oftener be asked By parents.
1T is not true that when Mr.. Blaine Was
in Ireland he kissed the hlarney stone so hard
that he took ali the biarney out Of It.
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-"Job," said Mrs. Shuttle, 40 YOU -.
that think we had better call our o." -
Volunteer after thisI
"wby! Has he been racing Win nv - -.
ono: but he-runs away from Us every uay
a. easily as the volunteer does from the Fes1. !,
"Umphl guess spanking O'ssAs
mn. him IN another tack"
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-A,olo. "a. Heaviest girl IN the asas.'
s, -apO'o Gears old. Weighs 40 pounos
Name Della Beck. Had prcposa,. =. ~ Y
fathers Of philadelphia did IT. Wan. n go =
If on Camden to crush annexation is'sl.
fConvlsft. tSS7l.
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"Roval Glue" Mends Everythingi

Broken China, Glass, Furniture OrnAmcnIas
astSer etc Everlasting tenacityi Away
i1orid and ready. Free SAMPLE Walls - oruk'
0Fsts and Vrocerf
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The fair season is n'w on. Inc pc, l = =,
o,rls fine horses and big pumpkins VII . ~
Inhibition at different places unul 00'A
weather sets In.
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For a woman to say she does not use
Proctor & Candles Lenox Soap. is to
admit she is "behind the times"
Nobody uses ordinary soap now they
can get "Lenox.
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Tic University % the Pacific has
added IL Other branches a profess lonGl
school Tor students IF elocution. kinder
partners. and teachers.
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No microbes have ever been found 10 70
hacco, They are probably afraid that 0syo-
tom to the weed would iDjure their constltu-
tiOns.
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If Young Mr. ives can fail for e, 00O, O0O
at the age OF twenty-four. what VIII the
amount be when he reaches dftyt
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I'm weeks time the earth travels over
II 600 900 miles. Fortunately there are no
weoden bridges on the line.
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An Omaha clergyman has pTeacnen ser
mon to BARRIERS. His text prop.bv va
seThis Is the hair. comb; let US kill himi
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Davennort Business College complete - ~ =
For catalogues, asuress' = =
nnncan Davenport, Iowa.
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Relief is immediate aud cure sure. FisO'h
Remedy for Catarrh, 90 cents.
, 1887-12-22

The new secretary Of the Y. M. @.
A. is taking hold of his work with nD
energy which is very gratifying nnd
promisrs well for the future Of the
organization. 1t has an opportunity
to do u great work in thi, city where
there are so many young men far
from home and friends.
The proprietors are hard ut work
fitting up the Grand hotel that will bo
thrown open to the public about tho
first of the year, 1t was thought tina,
the opening would take place on
Christmas, but il was impossible To &c,
the building in shape by that time,
1t will bea daisy when ready for 90
cupnncy.
Ed, Bush the long legged youth who
was arrested after IL long chase, after
attempting to rob the White House
has skipped his bail Of $1,000, and in
all probability is now,as Judge Turner
wttily remarked, vigorously prose.
cutting his own defense. His action
causes little regret among the officinls
for the county il richer by large sum
and this section Of the country is we'll
clear Of him.
, 1887-12-22

,,, =,
INC WORK accompisheo IN the
Puo,'c schoois curing the past 'ern
n n..,;, ', .M',I' ,,. ""u i.'.' $50
.mo;a, % "pU" ,no IS ;"p" """ MS
VI "''''""'''
~ IL .ne in"ies VINO are 10 receive on
view eur uay, Mohuay, the zhd' VIII
senu IN ,heir names 10 'he REVIEW u
iiSt VIII DC pnoiished IN the second
coiu'hn, on SUNDAY, january lst'
Everybody should purchase a ticket
next week. The proceeds go into the
treasury OF the Ladies' Benevolent
] 49,; !, Wv" ,,;, io a., ,,,.' ."n , u'J'' ''i'e"
W." "o WV "'o'' s"'"'
, 1887-12-22

The Tacoma Ledger publishes list
OF improvements for the year 1887,
and challenges any city in Oregon or
Washington to comparison. Accord
ing to its figures, the number of
building constructed in that city dur
ing the past year was BAG, this in
GLIDING stables and many structures
under 500, at total cost of trifle
over $4,000. This is a most excel
lent showing and one Tacoma or any
other city of the same size might wei
feel proud Of However, we are ready
to accept the challenge on behalf of
Spokane Falls, and in proof of our fig
ures will refer to the hol day number
in which full report of the building
operations in this city for 1887 viii, be
minutely set forth. 1t will show that
over 440 buildings were erected in this
city during the year ust drawing to II
close, ut cost of over 81 100000.
This does not include over $50 cheap
temporary structures on the big island,
on the fiat in the southeastern part of
the city, and elsewhere within the cor
porate limits, every one uf which ie
occupied, and cost from $50 to $3.50.
Spokane Falls labOred under the very
same disadvantages last spring COM
planned of by the Ledger. II dearth of
building material, and building oper-
ations were greatly retarded. Not on
ly was this a drawback early in the
year, but there has been II greater de
mand for lumber than the local mills
could ill. Tacoma has made u good
record, but Spokane Falls better.
And the prospects are favorable for II
still larger growth next year. 1t is
probable that not only greater num-
Der OF building will be erected, but
they will even be of more substan-
tial character, and the value will ex-
ceed the present record many thousand
dollars. From the extent of the boom
process INDUCED in by the Ledger dur.
ing the summer, every day devoting
columns to building operations, the
impression existed that Tacoma was
far out-stripping this place in growth,
but even the Ledger must admit in
the face of facts, that while Spokane
Falls Is the smaller city, and in no
sense rival, it can with pride lay
claim to surprising any city in Oregon
or Washington territory in the extent
OF its improvements during 1887, Ta-
coma included.